Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-26
NOTES.

A cheap way to get fresh blood is to
sssbuy eggs
s Feed young poultry of all kinds early
nd late and often.
S Have the shotgun handy to use on
s8 Irows. hawks and cats that eat spring
hckens.
IN Fowls will eat a great deal of granu-
ated charcoal. As preventive of dis
Il ase tits invaluable.
N Raise two or three guineas for alarms to
tcare the crows and hawks. They also
fanake good night watchmen.
:@ Make the nests of sitting hens shallow,
10 that when she steps on the eggs they
s8sill roll to one side and not be broken.
8 Kittatinny blackberries and other vari-
kites liable to rust should be busted with
SSsair-saked lime just before they bios
s .sssf om.
s Asparagus shoots, too slender to sell,
''zssas bould be cut and left on the ground.
Cut the bed clean until you cease cutting
A@atogether.
M A Connecticut subscriber dustf buck
Nwheat -four on the currant bushes while
SAs the dew is on, and successfully combats
Mihe currant worm.
al Tomatoes will do we'll planted between
%the rows of early peas as second crop.
u The peas are out of the way before the
81 tomatoes require much of the ground.
" = :oksrST strawberry blossoms from
q your newly-set plants. Do not wait for
Il the bud to open, but pinch off the whole
Il blossom stem. A pair of scissors will do
Il the business.
a To obtain the best success in butter
& making, the emperature of the cream
Il should be neither too high nor too low.
II If toohigh, the butter globules are broken
up, and if the temperature is too low the
Il globules will refuse to unite. Different
seasons of the year require different de-
gtee5 of temperature within moderate
Il rabge. If the cream is inclined to be
Il ropy, as is sometimes the case in cold
81 weather, or often the system of the cows
III has received a sudden chill or chock, a
III higher temperature wonld be required.
81 and a slight dilution with water, that is
III warm, so as to dissolve and wash but
n the albuminous matter that adheres to the
fat globules, thus letting them face so
IL that they can unite.
You will want some currants, for no
garden is perfect without row of cur
rant bushes. Set one-year old plants of
the old red Dutch variety, enrich the
ground, cultivate we'll and mulch, with
4 straw, and you will BE surprised at the
4 size and quality of fruit But watch for
Il the currant worm. Dust with powdered
hellebore when the bushes are wet with
dew Fay's prolific is said TO be more
oh Hua
but | have hao no experience with
it.
In answer to the query, which are the
most desirable tw elve evergreen trees for
ornamental planting on small lawns in
western New York and similar climates,
q, Ellwanger gave the following to the
horticultural meeting at Rochester last
winter; Small-leaved Hemlock Colorado
Blue Spruce, Glaucous Spruce, Nordman's
Spruce, Venusta Juniper. Reeves Juni-
per. Stone Pine, Erect Yev, Vsriegated
Iev, Golden Arbor-Yite and ayramidal
arbor-yite.
The statement that the best time 10
n Iced turnips or cabbages to cows is Just
after they are MIXED consists with gen
efa experience of dairymen, who find
these crops useful for fodder and con
yenlently raised. To feed them immedi-
ately before milking is still better, as il
gives time for the oder to escape through
the skin and bowels before the next milk
ing, The odor is produced by a com
pound of which sUlphuretted hydrogen is
part, and this gas which imparts the
'dor Is extremely volatile and quickly
escapes IN the Precipitation from the skin
ana Ia the expired breath from the lungs.
out mangels are grown as easily as beets,
ana are free from this objection; then
WY not raise these roots instead of tur-
Alp'' Only one reason presents itself,
namely that turnips have very short
e"'on and may be raised in a cornfield
%! sowing the seed Immediately after the
las. working.
10 Keep crows and hens from pulling
g'fn soak in water a few hours the seed !;
-,a" on the water, mix plaster with it
enough to coat it, plant before it drys,
1uu the birds pull only few samples.
over the corn lightly on cool, moist soil
a. plaster Is poor conductor of heat.
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